Buckley, IL 60918 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Buckley, IL, ZIP 60918
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 04/23, roughly 238 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/12, about 170 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Buckley in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Buckley has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
04/23 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/09 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/09 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Buckley compares
At roughly 170 frost-free days, Buckley places 29,196 of 40,283 ZIP codes in this dataset. Within IL, it ranks 1,407 of 1,548.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Buckley's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Buckley can differ from the 60918 normal.